Royal Visit '59 - Central Canada

195920 min 36 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Isobel Kehoe

Script: Isobel Kehoe

This film shows the Royal Visit of 1959 during which the St. Lawrence Seaway is opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Welcomes in Montréal, Toronto and Chicago, and visits to Georgian Bay, a Sudbury nickel mine and a Sault Ste. Marie steel mill are highlights.

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Subject categories

  • History - Canada - 1946-Present > OntarioQuébecRoyal Visits
  • Politics and Government - Canada > OntarioQuébecRoyal Family

Credits

director
Isobel Kehoe
commentary
Isobel Kehoe
photography
Ron Alexander
John Gunn
sound
Jean-Pierre Joutel
editing
Marion Meadows
narrator
Bruce Marsh
music
Joan Edward